Of the many descriptors we might assign to New Orleans rap artist Big Freedia, the ones that came to mind during her Soul’d Out festival performance at Holocene’s “Buck and Bounce 5” Friday night included sissy, sassy, bossy and bouncy.

Some seriously seductive sibilants in that last sentence? Sure. So let’s unpack those adjectives:

Sissy. Born Freddie Ross, Freedia (pronounced “free-dah,” like Frida Kahlo), Big Freedia is a self-described sissy, which, as her website would have it, is a category of gender identity that refers to, “biological men with varied and ambiguous sexual identities.” So yeah: gay hip hop. To be fair, the overall vibe in the club was more pansexual rather than simply gay.

Sassy. Well, Miss Thing does have some attitude. Is it okay for anybody who isn’t Tyra Banks to describe someone as “fierce”? Big Freedia is fierce. It’s also worth noting that Holocene is right down the street from the strip club Sassy’s, where Big Freedia performed an impromptu set after her MusicfestNW show last year, immortalized in an online video that is straight up Not Safe For Work.

Bossy. Freedia is the Diva Queen of Bounce music, which is a form of hip hop that features tinny-sounding keyboards, pulverizing beats and call-and-response vocals which are typically shouted commands to do various things with certain body parts. And not just waving your hands in the air like you just don’t care, but like, clapping with a part of the anatomy not typically associated with applause.

Bouncy. Bounce music is dance music, and Big Freedia has touring backup dancers who specialize in shifting all the junk in the trunk, so to speak. Inspiring clubgoers to move bootys during her anthem to, well, booty, entitled “Azz Everywhere” - thanks for those z’s- Big Freedia cranked out a brief set (just over 30 minutes) that left the room both shaken and stirred.